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Cornwall - England's Farthest South
by Arthur Mee (ed.)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Reprinted. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Includes photographic plates. From the King's England series. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Front hinge slightly cracked with exposed netting, however text block remains firm. Slight gutter cracking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have some edge wear, with slight bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are moderately crushed and rubbed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. A few liquid droplet marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1655735099IEV
- Title
- Cornwall - England's Farthest South
- Author
- Arthur Mee (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1947
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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